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Placida Mina, Et Al Vs. Lazaro Degala, Et Al 096 Phil 77

THE Testament of the Late PLACIDA MINA; CRISANTO UMIPIG, ET ALS., petitioners. ATTY. JESUS Q. QUINTILLAN, claimant and appellee, vs. LAZARO DEGALA, GERMANA ESCOBAR, GREGORIO GUERZON, TEODORO FELIE, CRISTINA GUERZON, BOLONIA TAMAYO, LEONA LEONES, SIMONA MENDOZA, ISABEL DIRECTO, PLACIDA DIRECTO, ANDRES DIRECTO, PETRA DIRECTO, PAULA DIRECTO, and CLARO QUEBRAL, oppositor and appellants.

G.R. No. L-5767 | 1954-10-30

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur awarding to Jesus Quintillan the sum of P50,000 as attorney's fees payable by the estate of the late Placida Mina.

After the death of said woman in July 1939, three separate proceedings were instituted to probate three different instruments alleged to be duly executed wills. The first was Civil Case No. 3685 filed by Dr. Eufemio Domingo; the second, Civil Case No. 3686 filed by Joaquin Escobar; and the third, this Case No. 3689 instituted by Crisanto Umipig, Marieta Quintillan, Roberto A. Desierto and Cecilia Reyes, who are four...